1955 Jacksonville Braves Statistics

South Atlantic League (SAL) - Class: A
Team Record: 79-61
Finished 2nd in the SAL
Manager: Ben Geraghty (79-61)
Affiliation: Milwaukee Braves
Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Ballpark: Sam M. Wolfson Park
Attendance: 124,211, Avg. 1,774
1955 Jacksonville Braves Roster

Playoffs - Montgomery Rebels 1 game, Jacksonville Braves 0

The Jacksonville Braves of the South Atlantic League ended the 1955 season with a record of 79 wins and 61 losses, finishing second in the SAL.

The Braves scored 624 runs and conceded 557 runs. Wes Covington led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .326 clip. Richard Carmichael topped Jacksonville with 13 wins, while Paul Cave earned a 2.04 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Paul Burris, Wes Covington, Mike Krsnich, Bobby Malkmus, Roger McCardell, Nat Peeples, Mike Roarke, Al Spangler and Adrián Zabala were all players from the 1955 Jacksonville Braves who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.

Ben Geraghty served as manager.


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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Richard Carmichael138.6192.773125172.01607953370
Paul Cave129.5712.042219163.01295537369
Adrián Zabala113.7861.8236174.0652215225
Dick Grabowski109.5262.582323185.01536253887
Noel Oquendo73.7003.292617117.71145743370
Dick Roberson74.6363.8435491.39746391055
Herb Shankman63.6674.3027669.0673833269
Frederick Vogel614.3003.813129201.018410685896
Howard Anderson52.71480.0
Vern Edmunds11.50060.0
Dick Kelly12.33370.0
Malcolm Landry0080.0
Vic Rehm0010.0
Rudolph Fortin0060.0
Winston Brown0040.0
Stewart Alton0030.0
Bill Roland02.00080.0
Totals7960.5683.0028212400001073.096946535839541000000

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Wes Covington134531531173211416.326.326.508.834270
Al Spangler12948848814016105.287.287.391.678191
Horace Garner12342542512511418.294.294.466.760198
Harry Warner1294274271172168.274.274.407.681174
Bobby Malkmus11744944910920710.243.243.385.628173
Alfred Facchini100415415971350.234.234.289.523120
Joe Polich103356356961101.270.270.309.579110
Joseph Andrews6217917945725.251.251.397.64871
Roger McCardell55182182441003.242.242.346.58863
Mike Krsnich3712012029712.242.242.367.60844
Nat Peeples4010010027213.270.270.400.67040
Donald Damiano3210710725400.234.234.271.50529
Bill Wilhelm3510410421302.202.202.288.49030
Mike Roarke4914114119330.135.135.199.33328
John Liptak19484814300.292.292.354.64617
Paul Cave29595912000.203.203.203.40712
Dick Grabowski24606012300.200.200.250.45015
William Casey1842429101.214.214.310.52413
Bill Porter1139396200.154.154.205.3598
Noel Oquendo2637374200.108.108.162.2706
Richard Carmichael3360604010.067.067.100.1676
Adrián Zabala3616163100.188.188.250.4384
Joseph Christian9992.222.222.222.4442
Herb Shankman2716162000.125.125.125.2502
Frederick Vogel3168682000.029.029.029.0592
Dick Roberson3524241000.042.042.042.0831
Howard Anderson82121.000.000.000.0000
Raymond Bortz211.000.000.000.0000
Paul Burris41414.000.000.000.0000
Bill Roland866.000.000.000.0000
James Long766.000.000.000.0000
Wayne Cummings222.000.000.000.0000
Vern Edmunds644.000.000.000.0000
Rudolph Fortin666.000.000.000.0000
Dick Kelly766.000.000.000.0000
Malcolm Landry833.000.000.000.0000
Stewart Alton322.000.000.000.0000
Totals15044573457301138161547400000.249.249.356.605162900000


Fielding:

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.





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